Beauty and personal care · County · Arkansas
Hair salons in Craighead County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Craighead County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,539 of 2,339 scored counties
#19 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 128
- 20 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.2M
- On personal care products and services · $815 a household
- Spending per listing
- $283K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 128 hair salons in Craighead County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 28.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Craighead County comes to about $36.2M a year: $815 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $283K per salon, 34% below the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Craighead County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 3,418 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 531 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $623K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Craighead County.
Population estimates show Craighead County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Craighead County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for hair salons, ranking #1,539 of 2,339 scored counties and #19 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Craighead County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.8 | 23.0 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $283K | $354K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,418 | 2,662 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $815 | $815 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 531Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $623K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Craighead County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for hair salons, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Craighead County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 73 | 7 | 10.8 | $721K | +11.2% | #201 of 2,339 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 64 | 8 | 10.4 | $690K | +4.3% | #475 of 2,339 |
| 3Saline County, AR | 64 | 97 | 19.3 | $466K | +7.6% | #506 of 2,339 |
| 4Benton County, AR | 61 | 260 | 23.2 | $438K | +16.0% | #653 of 2,339 |
| 5Lonoke County, AR | 59 | 58 | 20.3 | $428K | +3.5% | #751 of 2,339 |
| 6Randolph County, AR | 58 | 7 | 9.5 | $763K | +1.5% | #758 of 2,339 |
| 7Perry County, AR | 56 | 6 | 14.7 | $535K | +3.1% | #859 of 2,339 |
| 8Logan County, AR | 54 | 13 | 15.3 | $520K | +2.5% | #952 of 2,339 |
| 9Crawford County, AR | 54 | 48 | 20.6 | $392K | +4.1% | #984 of 2,339 |
| 10Miller County, AR | 53 | 15 | 9.2 | $793K | −0.5% | #990 of 2,339 |
| 19Craighead County, AR | 43 | 128 | 28.8 | $283K | +4.8% | #1,539 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Craighead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas31
- Hair salons43
- Barbershops46
- Nail salons28
- Spas and skin care29
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Craighead County, AR?
There are 128 hair salons on map listings in Craighead County as of September 2026. 20 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 531 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on personal care products and services?
About $36.2M a year, or $815 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 128 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $283K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Craighead County has 28.8 hair salons per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $283K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $430K. At the national ratio of hair salons to household spending, Craighead County would have about 84, against 128 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,418 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Craighead County scores 43 for hair salons (lower middle), #1,539 of 2,339 scored counties.
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